What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11973 and 11979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11973 and 11979 is 3.

GCF(11973,11979) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11973 and 11979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11973 and 11979.

How to find the GCF of 11973 and 11979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11973 and 11979. After we will calculate the factors of 11973 and 11979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11973

Prime factors of 11973 are 3, 13, 307. Prime factorization of 11973 in exponential form is:

11973 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 307¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11979

Prime factors of 11979 are 3, 11. Prime factorization of 11979 in exponential form is:

11979 = 3² × 11³

Step-3: Factors of 11973

List of positive integer factors of 11973 that divides 11973 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 307, 921, 3991

Step-4: Factors of 11979

List of positive integer factors of 11979 that divides 11973 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 99, 121, 363, 1089, 1331, 3993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11973 and 11979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11973 and 11979 is 3.

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